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I will be not popular here, but I have no problems with this so called social distancing (as it is in Germany). The local newsletters write at lest 3 articles d

by lnsru 7y ago

I will be not popular here, but I have no problems with this so called social distancing (as it is in Germany). The local newsletters write at lest 3 articles daily how bad it is. But it isn’t bad at all! One may open the door and can have a walk. One can drive to the woods and still have a walk. Phones and internet are working fine. It’s not that families of 4 would be locked down in 25 square meters flats for months. Perhaps it’s my subjective perspective: I was homeless and broken decade ago, but now have supportive wife, side project with bright perspective, still employed and with full fridge.

kayodelycaon 7y ago
Some of us need social interaction to be healthy and live alone. Walking in the woods only does so much.
- lnsru 7y ago
  That’s right, but in Germany you could go to the woods with somebody and it still would be totally fine. Edit: fellow salesmen still thrive during pandemic on the phone. Looks like their luxury cars and weekly meetings at the client’s location are not needed at the end. These were extreme extroverts talking without a break.
lpah4all 7y ago
What one values in life is the basis of mental health, unless one has a physical pathology (e.g. depression). Congratulations on your success. There is a significant part of the world population that refuse to learn how to look at the world as appreciatively as we do. The struggles my wife and I have faced throughout our lives give us the foundation for the joy and inner peace we feel in our lives. I know there will be a lot of people that are suffering during this through no fault of their own, and I hope they persevere and that they reach out to their communities for caring help, and that they receive it. But a significant percent of us in the wealthier countries of the world are simply having to adjust to not being able to trod all over the world giving fuck-all about anyone else. I say it's well and truly time for them to appreciate their grocery clerks and hospital orderlies and realize that all people are valuable and that the more they struggle in life, the more we should help. Personally, I'm very happy with the improvement in air quality from the reduction in society's busyness. Endless growth of GDP was always setting us up for disaster; this seems like a kindof gentle way (if brutally abrupt) to slow down our economies, but we'll see how/if/when we come out of the other side.

by lnsru 7y ago

kayodelycaon 7y ago

Some of us need social interaction to be healthy and live alone. Walking in the woods only does so much.

lnsru 7y ago
That’s right, but in Germany you could go to the woods with somebody and it still would be totally fine. Edit: fellow salesmen still thrive during pandemic on the phone. Looks like their luxury cars and weekly meetings at the client’s location are not needed at the end. These were extreme extroverts talking without a break.

lpah4all 7y ago

What one values in life is the basis of mental health, unless one has a physical pathology (e.g. depression). Congratulations on your success. There is a significant part of the world population that refuse to learn how to look at the world as appreciatively as we do. The struggles my wife and I have faced throughout our lives give us the foundation for the joy and inner peace we feel in our lives. I know there will be a lot of people that are suffering during this through no fault of their own, and I hope they persevere and that they reach out to their communities for caring help, and that they receive it. But a significant percent of us in the wealthier countries of the world are simply having to adjust to not being able to trod all over the world giving fuck-all about anyone else. I say it's well and truly time for them to appreciate their grocery clerks and hospital orderlies and realize that all people are valuable and that the more they struggle in life, the more we should help. Personally, I'm very happy with the improvement in air quality from the reduction in society's busyness. Endless growth of GDP was always setting us up for disaster; this seems like a kindof gentle way (if brutally abrupt) to slow down our economies, but we'll see how/if/when we come out of the other side.